Bill Text: IA SF271 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the harvesting of grass within the right-of-way of a noninterstate highway by the owner of property adjacent to the highway.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF271 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF271-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
HARVESTING
OF
GRASS
WITHIN
THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY
OF
A
NONINTERSTATE
HIGHWAY
BY
THE
OWNER
OF
PROPERTY
ADJACENT
TO
THE
HIGHWAY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
317.11,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
317.11
Weeds
on
roads
——
harvesting
of
grass.
1.
The
county
boards
of
supervisors
and
the
state
department
of
transportation
shall
control
noxious
weeds
growing
on
the
roads
under
their
jurisdiction.
Spraying
for
control
of
noxious
weeds
shall
be
limited
to
those
circumstances
when
it
is
not
practical
to
mow
or
otherwise
control
the
noxious
weeds.
2.
a.
Nothing
under
this
chapter
shall
prevent
the
landowner
from
harvesting,
in
proper
season
on
or
after
July
15,
the
grass
grown
on
the
road
along
portion
of
the
right-of-way
beyond
the
shoulder
of
a
noninterstate
highway
that
is
adjacent
to
the
landowner’s
land
except
for
vegetation
maintained
for
highway
purposes
as
part
of
an
integrated
roadside
vegetation
management
plan
which
is
consistent
with
the
objectives
in
section
314.22
.
b.
With
approval
of
the
department
of
transportation
or
the
county
board
of
supervisors
of
the
county
having
jurisdiction
over
the
highway,
a
landowner
may
harvest
the
grass
growing
within
the
median
of
a
noninterstate
highway
that
runs
adjacent
to
the
landowner’s
land.
